Movie Summary

The History Boys is a comedy-drama movie based on a play of the same name. The play, written by British playwright Alan Bennett, went on to win multiple awards including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play in 2005 and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006. Following its success, the movie adaptation was then written by Bennett. The story, set in the 1980s, follows a group of students at Cutlers' Grammar School. Crowther (Samuel Anderson), Timms (James Corden), Posner (Samuel Barnett), Rudge (Russel Tovey), and three other boys achieved the highest A Level exam scores and are trying to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge University. Felix (Clive Morrison), the headmaster of the school, however, is not impressed and enlists a young contract teacher named Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore) to prepare the boys for their entrance exams. The movie covers the many setbacks the boys and their mentor face as they try to get accepted into one of the most prestigious universities in the world.moreless

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